The issue was introduced with https://github.com/shadow-
maint/shadow/pull/237
Basically, the previous group validation was done using glibc's getgrid
directly, which was presumably coping well with the RO status of
/etc/group, but that poses consistency problems because you could add a
local
** Tags added: foundations-todo
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063200
Title:
useradd --extrausers --groups tries to lock /etc/group
Status in shadow
Quick repro steps:
❯ lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble shadow
Creating shadow
Starting shadow
❯ lxc exec shadow bash
root@shadow:~# mv /etc /etc_write
root@shadow:~# mkdir /etc
root@shadow:~# mount -o bind,ro /etc_write /etc
root@shadow:~# useradd --extrausers --groups somegroup somenewuser
useradd:
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Chopin (schopin)
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063200
Title:
useradd --extrausers
4 matches
Mail list logo
